Well I am not sure if its Conway or Gwynedd Council who have put up these traffic lights on the main road from Capel to Snowdon. They weren’t there this morning when I went to work, but they were there and totally barren of any workman by 3.45 as I returned from teaching rock climbing at Tremadog. Now if there was a massive hole in the ground I could understand, however, all these road works are is a pile of dirt on the side of the road.
Now these road works are going to stay there all weekend, for no reason, with no work being carried out, essentially because some council worker or their sub-contractor couldn’t be bothered to tidy up a about 2 tonnes of dirt. What the hell do I pay my council tax for, other than to subsidise some work shy, half a job team of road maintenance engineers. Although the term engineer seems a little optimistic as it points towards the use of forethought and planning, before dumping some dirt on the side of a road on a Friday and leaving there all weekend!
So if you are up on holiday I hope you enjoy the Welcome to Snowdonia Roadworks, and I apologise on behalf of the residents who rely on tourism. We don’t seem to be able to get the council staff with an ounce of common sense. I fact i am sure that it must be a question that comes up on an interview for a local government job.